The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-23
A Fall Resume OF the Prospects, In.
tentions and Standing OF the
Company.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

hAnNOAANh OANA0hAs's
John @ Houston, president.
O. ID. Pearce, first vice president.
ID. T. Porter, second vice president.
George Selden, third vice president.
Tbeo p ummer, secretary.
Safe Deposit, Trust and Banking
Company, treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
John g. Houston, president Safe
Deposit, Trust and Banking Company,
Nashville, Tenn.
- A. 6. Colyar, president Alabama and
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company,
Nashville, Tenn.
]. II. Eskin, secretary and treasurer
Mammoth Gave Railroad Company,
Nashville, Tenn,
james Phillips, manager Mud River
Goal Compsny, Nashville, Tenn.
j. H. Moore, lawyer, Nashville,
Tenn.
A. w. Stockell, lawyer, Nashville,
Tenn.
John A. McEwen, merchant, Nash
vile, Tenn.
Albert b. Tavel, publisher, Nash
vile, Tenn.
Issac Reese, secretary and treasurer
Uuion Publishing Company, Nash"
vile, Tenn.
Eugene Corbett, manufacturer OF
saddleiy, Nashville, Tenn.
w. W. Smith, Southern agent Erie
CITY ironworks, Nashville, Tenn.
Theo. Plummer, secretary and
treasurer Nashvill Lumber Company,
Nashville, Tenn.
d. T. Porter, president First Ma
tional bank, Memphis, Tenn.
L. +. Adams, lawyer, Memphis
Tenn.
Hon. James Phelan, president OF the
Avalance Publishing Company, Mem
phis, Tenn.
W. b Haldeman, Courier journal
Company, Louisville, Ky.
@. ID. Pearce, business manager
Courier Journal Company, Louisville
XIV.
B. DuPont, president Louisville City
Railway Company, Louisville, Ky.
George Selden, president Erie City
Ironworks, Erie, Pa.
H. Shields, Of William DeeriDg 4
Co., Chicago, Ill.
The following conversation tool
place sevela months ago. 1t Is herr
given verbatim. One OF the speaker
was from the North and the othe
from Nashville. The two had beer
dieeussing the change Of supremac.
in the iron trade from the North +
the South:
"Do you think il possible to add I
the uumbsr Of towns which have beei
recently set on foot in the South -?
asked the Nashville man.
"Oertsinly do. Birmingham, She
fsld, Admission, South Pittsburg and
few more will hardly be likely to pu
an end e. new enterprise OF equal {
greater solidi,y. IexpeCt 10 see n,
towns come up in the Northwes
West, Southwest and South, unit
these regons are as thickly settled
New England.
"Yuu know the natural sdvantsG
OF the rev Alabama towns %
and iron ore In juXtapositio
and sometimes one river, sometim,
none. You know the wonderi
success which has characterized the
CROWN. Inc KtOWtu III boiho Oao
has been predicated on railroads y
to b built. have recently bsen I
-ou.ated to take an interest In an Q
terp,ise OF similar nature. Oerts
parties pesf ess lands worth $500,OC
One tract contains between $1,000 al
1900 scres. The other tract co
tains about 1000 acres. The first trs
lies between two rivers, which at o
point come within one and seve
tentAs miles Of each other. 1t lie fill
with a vast quantity Of iron ore OF /
best anality. This ore contains
most no sulphur, and from one eiRf
to one-half of ! per cent. oil ph
nhorus. Ihs coal lands lie abe
thir.y miles away, but a railroad ~
berween the two tracts. The quanl
OF Mes. 9 and - coal is mex hauslit
No 70. az you know, is the up
Number Of the Pittsburg twin se'
ard viii smelt iron without be
oosed. TIE surface indications
naurA gas at the place where
town viii be laid of are very 1
teripg, and the line along Wh